An ad hoc committee, under the auspices of the standing Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine (CWSEM) will convene a workshop to examine career transitions from academic science and engineering to entrepreneurship in the lives of female students and professionals and to identify specific skill sets necessary for them to become successful in the business world. The workshop will feature invited presentations and discussions that will give a broad overview of the status of women in entrepreneurship, with a specific focus on identifying knowledge gaps in women's skills and experiences crucial to future success in business and critical for achieving leadership positions in entrepreneurial organizations. The summary will be designed to disseminate the results of the workshop to a broad audience of women interested in learning how to successfully transition from science to business and gain the necessary skills to succeed in their entrepreneurial endeavors in all sectors. An individually-authored workshop summary will be published.
From Science to Business: Preparing Female Scientists and Engineers for Successful Transition into Entrepreneurship
August 31 – September 1, 2009 | Beckman Center, Irvine, California Event Information
The workshop is convened to examine career transitions from science and engineering to entrepreneurship in the lives of women professionals and to identify specific skill sets necessary for them to become successful in the business world. The workshop featured invited presentations and discussion that gave a broad overview of the status of women in entrepreneurship, with a specific focus on identifying knowledge gaps in women’s skills and experiences crucial to future success in business and critical for achieving leadership positions in entrepreneurial organizations. A workshop summary is forthcoming.
A workshop summary is expected to be published in early 2012.
Lilian Wu, Chair, Program Executive, Global University Relations, IBM
Allan Fisher, Vice President, Laureate Education, Inc.
Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Chief Scientific Officer, Cytonome/ST, LLC
Susan Wessler (NAS), Distinguished Professor of Genetics, University of California, Riverside
Alice Agogino (NAE), Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes Professor of Mechanical Engineering,University of California, Berkeley
Sheldon Schuster, President, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Science
Catherine Didion, Study Director
Wei Jing, Research Associate
Victoria Gunderson, Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Fellow
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